So they set outוַיִּסְעוּfor the first timeבָּרִאשֹׁנָהaccording to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWHיְהוָהthroughבְּיַדMoses.מֹשֶׁה
Numbers 10:13
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Numbers 10:13, word by word
- So they set outיִּסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- for the first timeרִאשֹׁנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- according to the commandפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears
The context
12And the sons of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.
13 · This verse (above)
14And the banner of the camp of the sons of Judah set out first by their armies, and over its army was Nahshon son of Amminadab.